In July, 2015, Moodle launched Moodle Cloud, which allows you to deploy a Moodle LMS for free without installation or hosting fees. This is great news for people that want to dive into eLearning but don't have a large budget or student base. It lets you dip your toes into creating online courses without a large time or money investment.
Reasons why Moodle created Moodle Cloud:
- Not everyone is tech savvy and wants and easy way to create an LMS
- While many pieces of Moodle are easy, installing software on a server, managing it, upgrades and maintenance aren't for everyone
- This is geared towards small schools, companies or entrepreneurs that have small courses with a small audience with no budget
- They update the software for you to the latest version which allows all the safety security patches, features and flexibility available
- It’s responsive out of the box
- It includes a free version of BigBlueButton their solution for full online conferencing, including video, audio, whiteboards and desktop sharing.
What Moodle Cloud Includes:
- 50 users maximum
- 200Mb disk space
- But, you can host your large files with Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud or others
- You can host your videos with Youtube and it will automatically embed
- Core themes and plugins only
- One site per phone number
- In MoodleCloud the free BigBlueButton sessions are limited to 6 people, with no recordings, but we hope you’ll find this perfect for small classes and even study groups. You can add a conferencing session to your course just like any other class activity.
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Sign up for Moodle Cloud
moodle.com/cloud